Ethical Hacking Tutorial 4 :- Hackers' Mindset & Motivation

Hello and welcome back the the Ethical Hacking Tutorial from Dark Street Hackers!!!

Hope you guys are going well and learning good with us. Thank you for supporting us by giving time and reading our blogs and articles regularly. Your support and love for reading makes us write more. Coming to the tutorial part, before starting with the hacking part, I would like to help you guys in understanding some fundamentals related to Hacking. In today's post, we will be indirectly coming to know the hacker's mindset and motivation area, which inspires a person to be a hacker.  

We all knows that there must be something which makes a person do something. So, similarly in the field of hacking also, motivation and mindset matters a lot before deep diving into it. First we will see the motivation scopes and then we will see the types of mindsets which a hacker can have. As we have seen that there are different types of hackers in previous tutorials, it ultimately depends on the mindset of a hacker.

Hacker Motivation:-

Majorly, we can distinguish the area of motivation in 5 different aspects. They are as follows:- 

• Passion for new solutions
• Want for acknowledgement
• Monetary profit
• Ambition of reflecting role models
• Ill will or revenge

These are the major scope of motivation for hackers as per the study and survey. Let us understand them one by one.

Passion for new solutions:- We have seen many people are having that passion towards some particular field in order to accomplish something. In simple words, if I can say then, a firm determination of learning new things and solving hard problems, motivates a person to get into this field of cyber security and hacking. That fire of finding new problems and their solutions motivates a hacker to do more. This is the way how they gets motivated to find one or the other new way of getting solutions.

Want for acknowledgement:- Every single individual like acknowledgment. Testing new arrangements and imparting those techniques to others generally get acknowledgment. The enthusiasm of acknowledgment can propel a person to begin hacking exercises.

Monetary profit:- Monetary profit is another inspiration for hacking. Hacking endeavors may uncover basic data that may be valuable for other individuals. For instance, if a programmer recovers some private business data around an association, the contenders of that association may be keen on the data and consent to pay tremendous totals of cash.

Ambition of reflecting role models:- The acknowledgment and acclaim accomplished by celebrated programmers may make enthusiasm for other individuals to pursue their way. In such a case, intrigued individuals pick up hacking procedures to accomplish results like their good examples.

Ill will or Revenge:- Individuals may get the hang of hacking strategies to render retribution on someone. The objective may be people, associations, or government. For instance, a sacked representative can hack the system of his association to pulverize secret information.

The above mentioned and explained are the major source of motivation for an individual to become a hacker. Apart, from motivation, they also have their strong mindset as well. The key points that frames the attitude/mentality of a hacker are:

• Creativity
• Faith in power
• Hard work
• Diligence
• Achievement

 Let us understand them all briefly.

Creativity makes them find new solutions and also different techniques to solve some problems. And that is how they keeps learning more and more in this field ahead. Power is another key factor that keeps a hacker motivated to do more. Everyone dreams to have power in their hands and in this world of digital data, power refers to the access of information which is highly confidential. To acquire that power, hackers work so hard and find new solutions and techniques of hacking. And once they come up with some new and effective solution and technique, they get  recognition for the same.

So, this is it for today about motivations and mindsets of a hacker. Remember, your intention ultimately decides what type of hacker you are or you will become. We. Dark Street Hackers, always support legal and positive use of skills in the field of Ethical Hacking. Be white hat and help others with your skills.

Thank you for your time. Stay tuned for upcoming tutorials and keep learning.


To Be Continued...